president obama and mitt romney will a peal peer together at a political dinner in new york city. the romney campaign is feasting on new favorable poll numbers. the president, meanwhile, got help of his own from some high star power. bill clinton and bruce springsteen. tom fitzgerald is joins us now and we'll start with the numbers here. >> reporter: brian, the poll tracking site real clear politics tracks the major polls out there in the country right now. the judged to give you a better idea of exactly where we are in this campaign. what real clear politics is seeing tonight is that of the seven major polls they look at, seven of those polls, mitt romney is loading in four of them, ties in a fifth and trails the president in only two. even after a better second debate performance by president obama, mitt romney is now leading the rcp average. in ohio thursday, the obama campaign got a double dose of

star power. >> was born in the usa and, unlike one of the candidates for president, i keep all of my money here. >> reporter: the former president was joined by the current boss. >> and if he would have brought the saxophone, i was going to -- [ laughter ] if he only brought that saxophone you would have seen a real jam up here right now. >> reporter: bruce springsteen said he would sit out this race with returned to the political stage for the obama campaign. >> nearly busted out of clare, had to get away from those fools. >> reporter: ed with, romney's campaign broht them to leesburg, virginia and that obama supporters may want a do- over. >> i did what? >> you voted for him. >> no? really? >> reporter: romney himself, though, played it straight. >> i think it's interesting,

with two president debates gone, the president hasn't found a agenda for his second term. >> reporter: the president traded music and comedy for sports, comparing romney's tax plan to baseball players who strike out. >> on tuesday, governor romney took another starve trying to sell us the $5 trillion tax cut that favors -- stab trying to sell us the $5 trillion tax cut that favors the rich. >> reporter: romney's momentum is continuing and real clear politics poll average has him leading 47.7% to the president's 46.7%. still, experts warn that the margin is razor thin. >> it takes three, five, or seven days to really see the ripple affects from a major event. >> reporter: and with 19 days left, the one poll that matters is drawing closer every day. and so a quick word about the

dinner there that they both attending in new york city, this is a political tradition stretching back decades, the annual al smith dinner and each is going deliver a comedy routine and take shots at the opponent and himself and this is also a fund raiser, raising money for catholic programs. >> and we want to hear from you. as we near election day and we'll use some for a new show that we're debuting as election day approaches and is that is fox 5 news edge 2012, will focus on local and national candidates and issues. starts next monday on fox 5 at 6:30 p.m. the edge on virginia, the final stage is tonight. the former democratic governor tim kaine faces off against george allen. they debated twice already. many of the same issues like

sequestration and abortion are expected to be discussed. another big story, the boy scouts are releasing thousands of confidential files to the public. they reveal on many instances, suspected pedophiles were shielded by authorities who helped cover up the abuse allegations. >> reporter: as children growing up, brothers matt and tom stewart say their scout leader repeatedly molested them. >> this is where i was sexually abused by my scout leader on numerous occasions when we would come here for campouts as a boy. >> i was molested every month of every year interest the age of 6 all the way through the age of 18. >> reporter: the brothers sued the scouts a decade ago and agreed to the settlement. do you to a statute of limitations, their abuser was never charged. now, the boy scouts so-called perversion files detailing a century of abuse are finally being released after the oregon

supreme court ruled they are public records. >> the boy scouts sat on this information for 100 years and we'll they may say we as a society doesn't understand as much about pedophiles and how they operate, that might be true, but the boy scouts certainly knew. >> reporter: the group claims it helped former spouts -- scouts abused find counseling and would not give specific examples. matt and tom stewart said the scout's process of video doing volunteer background checks is insufficient and continues to leave boys vulnerable. >> when you sit on tens of thousands of files and not notify the authorities of criminal acts,en in people like me end up as victims. >> and they're on a civil suit filed against the scouts on behalf of the plaintiff who is molested in the 80s. the oregon supreme court ruled the files shown to a jury

should be made public. new tonight, the fallout from the controversial abortion clinic regulations in virginia. we're learning health commissioner dr. karen remley resigned today and citing the new clinic regulation says. in a letter, she wrote in part the new codes created an environment which my ability to fulfill my duties is compromised andky no longer serve in my role. and they requiring new and existing facilities to expand the hallways, increase the size of operating rooms, provide covered entrances and more parking and opponents argue the regulations are medically unnecessary. we're learning now details of a foiled terrorist spot. quazi nafis shifted his attention from the president to the federal building in new york instead. he was arrested yesterday as he tried to detonate a car bomb outside of the federal reserve building. the bomb was fake and security

officials say people like nafis continue to have a threat to the united states. >> no longer the attack to think of and in the context of 9/11. it's rather these individuals who come into a community like queens and they melt into this community. and they radicalized or become radicalized when they become here. >> nafis is from bangladesh and arrived in the united states last january to attend college get a business degree and he did poorly in class and stopped showing up. and monitoring metro tonight and launching a new campaign and this uses the images of a september 11th attack next to verses from the kur -- quran. the vote behind the ad say they inspire jihad and the new posters are some in response to the original posters. metro has not said if or when it will run the new ads.

and straight ahead on the news knowledge. >> i personnel -- on the news edge. >> i'm personally am going vote for question 6 in november. >> clergy members counter the church's stance on gay marriage. many are voting for question 6 this november in maryland. and a new parking plan. cracking down on people who misuse parking spaces. >> and we have some showers getting ready to head into town. some of you will see them sooner than the arrest -- rest of us. i will let you know what the time table is and we need to get the umbrellas handy. scott, what is coming up in sports? >> the latest installment of the nfl's oldest rivalry. the redskins pay a visit to the meadowlands with a division lead on the line. what the big play defense has to do to stop eli manning. that ahead in sports. >> and the german man decided to take a plunge in an icey pool. this is fantastic, actually, getting all ready and he's ready: [ laughter ] : [ laughte

. >> oh, landed and slide off. -- slid off. he was recovering from the landing. laughed as himself and we can laugh at him, too.  [ female announcer ] as you're making your decision...

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. finally, relief at the pump. the gas prices have finally begun their season sal slide. the national average now, $3.74. 13 cents below the fall peak of $3.87. and d.c., drivers obtained $3.88, depending on where you go, $3.68 in maryland and $3.56 in virginia. the populationy is growing older and disability parking spaces might be a premium in the coming years. county leaders announced that police will have new tools to check on drivers who display disability parking placards. >> the police officers can walk up to an automobile, take the registration information and run it through a computer and see if it's up to date and to

whom it belongs. >> they will step up enforcement, especially around the holidays. >> a sharp range on their stance about homosexuality. today, the clergy members across maryland speak out on same-sex marriage. >> and it was not supposed to go like this. a river raft and company shoot a promotional video. dump them into the boat and the cold waters. however, the surprise went over so well and shows them how to incorporate the shot as part of the featured school. [ mitt romney ] tured scho look at the evidence of the last four years. under the president's policies, middle income americans have been buried. they're just being crushed. middle-income americans have seen their income come down by $4,300. this is a tax in and of itself. i'll call it the economy tax. i'm not going to raise taxes on anyone. my plan is to bring down rates to get more people working. my priority is putting people back to work in america. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message.

and balanced the budget every year. and tim kaine and i both cut our own pay as governors, to lead by example. mark warner and i reached across party lines to get things done. we were a great team in richmond and we'll be a great team in washington. i'm tim kaine and i approve this message ...because we'll work together to restore fiscal responsibility, grow our economy and create jobs. [ male announcer ] tim kaine. bringing people together to tackle the challenges of tomorrow.

and balanced the budget every year. and tim kaine and i both cut our own pay as governors, to lead by example. mark warner and i reached across party lines to get things done. we were a great team in richmond and we'll be a great team in washington. i'm tim kaine and i approve this message ...because we'll work together to restore fiscal responsibility, grow our economy and create jobs. [ male announcer ] tim kaine. bringing people together to tackle the challenges of tomorrow. . in maryland tonight, all eyes are on controversial measures across the state. a new "washington post" poll finds that voters are opposed to approve the legalization of gay marriage and that would be the first state where voters said yes to, quality. >> reporter: according to the

"post" poll, marylanders are leaning in favor of gay marriage, 52% to 43% and among likely voters. a large majority are for marriage equality. according to the post poll, among black voters, a slight majority opposed gay majority. an interfaith group of clergy announced their support for question 6 today and that is in a church in silver spring. >> i am thrilled to stand here in support of question 6 and to invite all maryland voters to vote yes. if they do so, countless marylanders will be so overjoyed. this is a matter of decency and fairness. >> and. >> the civil marriage protection act allows us to make sure the government protects all families and residents of the state equally you were the law and, at the same time, provides sufficient language that allows religious

institutions to define the religious right of marriage in accordance with their belief. >> and opponents of gay marriage plan to introduce their interfaith page, which will urge maryland voters to say no to question 6. >> more than half of the key demographic support the same- sex marriage. they found 52% of latinos favored gay marriage. a few years ago, 56% were against them and the same poll, 75% claim themselves as democrat or gaining the moment um -- claiming the democrat party. former championship boxer oscar de la hoya recorded a robo call urging voters to support expanded gambling in maryland. it will allow the casinos in prince georges county and other locations. he joins a long list of other athletes, actors, and musicians who publicly endorsed question seven. in addition to gambling and same-sex marriage, the dream act is among the issues that

will appear on the ballot in maryland. a recent suview show nearly 58% of voters support the dream act. expecting showers to move in and some of you are seeing them sooner and watching them move up from the south and most places are not getting wet. we have had the clouds, we have had a warm day and got up to 72 degrees and clouds will stick with us and the showers rolling into town in a bit. we'll show white house we're going to start with sooner. we have had a light batch. no thunderstorms with this and coming up from the south. mostly skewed to the west of d.c. getting a little tighter and showing you that we're talking about dale city getting the beginnings of a spotty light rain to hartwood and to culpeper. all of this is moving from south to north and had to have that more intense and is weakening closer to the city. there will be more later. you saw the 3 1/2-hour rain

delay in st. louis. here it comes and we have some imbedded thunderstorms with that action. this is kind a little bit of moisture ahead of the main line and the main line still well to our west. we're going have to take a break quickly and send things back to brian. we have breaking news. brian? >> reporter: more on the breaking news out of prince georges county. a police officer involved in a serious crash and right now, police are holding a press conference. >> on branch avenue, and it was a collision at the intersection of branch avenue and seraf road with a second vehicle, an suv, operated by a female. that female was injured and taken to prince georges county hospital with non-life threatening injuries. and, as a result of that collision, also found in the cruiser and forced into i u -- a utility pole at the intersection. he was transported their -- transported here to the hospital where he succumbed to injuries and this is the second

death in two months in reference to traffic accidents. i ask the commune-to-the-keep everyone, and keep the police department and this community in your prayers. thank you. [ question indiscernible ] >> reporter: good evening -- . >> good evening, everyone, i'm barry stanton, on behalf of baker, this is a sad day and in prince georges county and the police department, losing another officer it's not an easy day, but we want to express our sympathies to the families, to the police department, and we just hope you give us time to get through the investigation and also to the healing process. so, on behalf of the county, we expressing as sympathy to the

family. >> i'm vince canal, the president of the lodge 389. i'm going reiterate with the chief and what mr. stanton stated. why this is a tragedy, unfortunate and very sad and yet in the past two months, we have lost other officer and all my members are hurting, trying to get their head through the process and get an understanding of how this happened and i will simply act that the community keep a few officers and keep the families, keep the community in their thoughts and prayers. if you haven't seen there are a number here today to pay their respects and see them all and we ask that you keep them in your thoughts and prayers. thank you. >> the investigation is

preliminary, but i'll try to answer what i can for you. [ question indicernible ] >> he was offduty, i'm sorry. offduty. [ question indiscernible ] >> i don't know. he was northbound on branch avenue. he was offduty. >> we don't know much about why -- [ indiscernible ] >> no, there was a collision at the intersection, what we know. we're interviewing witnesses at the time. actually, the constructionists are re-creating the accident and we'll have more information for you, specific information tomorrow and the next day. as of right now, it's preliminary. >> and can you talk about the -- [ indiscernible ] [ question indiscernible ] >> it's very possible. witnesses were saying the officer was cut off and we're not at a point yet to say that happened. we're looking into that. >> what can you tell bus officer bowden and how long has he been on the force?

>> he's been on six years, assigned to district 4 patrol. 28 years old and he was a fine officer. [ indiscernible ] >> what i know, he has a 10- year-old son and four-year-old daughter. his family's here [ question indicernible ] >> he was offduty. >> and absolutely. >> he started at 1:00 in the afternoon and this occurred around 3:05 and we have a take home that he was a part of and he was issued to -- it was issued to him. for him to be there offduty is natural. thank you thank you . >> you're listening to prince georges county police chief

speaking about an accident that took place in clinton this afternoon about 3:00. where a 28-year-old prince georges county police officer, a father of 2, chording to witnesses, was cut off in his take-home vehicle while offduty and crashed into a utility pole and died. it's the -- utility pole and died. it's the second police-involved crash involving the prince georges county police department in recent months. we'll gather more details tonight and in the meantime, we'll take a break. we'll be right back. [ [ mitt romney ] look at the evidence of the last four years. we've got 23 million people out of work or stopped looking for work. they're suffering in this country. the president would prefer raising taxes. the problem with raising taxes is that it slows down the rate of growth. i'm not going to raise taxes on anyone, because when the economy's growing slow like this, when we're in recession you shouldn't raise taxes on anyone.

my plan is to bring down rates to get more people working. my priority is putting people back to work in america. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message.

. when the skins play the giants this sunday, the folks will be on the two quarterbacks. one has the numbers and highway patrol of the other has a couple of super bowl rings, pretty good. eli manning never seems to get the respect due and the redskins know how difficult it will be to stop him this weekend. they faired well against him in the past. manning for all of his accolades, has one 300-yard passing game against the burgandy and gold in his career, coming back in 2008, and manning is still a handful, leaving the nfc in passings

yards and is almost -- in passing yards and almost never sacked. >> i don't think can you rattle. even sometimes can you have the ball in his left hand and make a better throw be that i -- throw that i can make in my right hand. you don't win two super bowls because you're okay, you know. he understands that he's going to have that and knows how to get the ball out. >> he showed them all. twenty games last year and six games this year. i think everyone knows what he's about, you know, he's never missed a start and is making all of the throws. >> alcs game four, yankees- tigers, 9 tigers with the 3 life 0 lead in the series and no arod. bottom 4, tigers ahead of c.c. sabathia, 2-0 and make it four. triple crown winner miguel cabrerra to the left and that is a two-run blast. the tigers not done in the fourth.

three batters later, johnny peralta and he goes yard. cc gives up 11 hits, six runs and 3 2/3 innings pitched. the former cy young award winner and mvp. meanwhile, the other guy is play willing through five innings. and can you catch game four of the national league championship series. right here tonight and coming up on fox 5 and adam waynewright is come the first pitch is at 8:00. hope rain is not a factor. >> we're back after the game. hope you will be, too. have a fantastic night. oppo . in fact, he thinks abortion should be an option in cases of rape, incest, or to save a mother's life. this issue's important to me, but i'm more concerned about the debt

our children will be left with. i voted for president obama last time, but we just can't afford four more years. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. but to me, it's money that i earned. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney man: to some people, social security is just a number. i count on social security. and i don't want washington politicians like george allen... privatizing it. if george allen wants to risk his own money on wall street... that's fine. but i don't want him risking mine. george allen just isn't watching out for us. anncr: the democratic senatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content of this advertising.